https

H h

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- US Pronunciation
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Definitions of https word

abbreviation Technical meaning of HTTPS HyperText Transmission Protocol, Secure 3
noun Definition of https in Technology (protocol) (HTTPS) A variant of HTTP used by Netscape for handling secure transactions. The Netscape Navigator supports a URL access method, "https", for connecting to HTTP servers using SSL. "https" is a unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP. You need to use "https://" for HTTP URLs with SSL, whereas you continue to use "http://" for HTTP URLs without SSL. The default "https" port number is 443, as assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. 1

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Parts of speech for Https

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